Instrument panel design



Nov. 19, 1929. DE. KE ENEY INSTRUMENT PANEL DESIGN Filed June 1927 I w I: gm mante aamaz ze M v 351$ W Ms 7 auoznew Patented Nov. I 19, 1929 UNITED STATES FATE-memes box n. max, onrnmr, meme, asslnon To A c s ank-PLUG com an or nm'r, mrcnraan, A or mcnraan INSTRUMENT PANEL DESIGN v Application. filed .l'une 20,

This invention relates to instrument boards of the automobile dash-board type.

It is an object of this invention to provlde an instrument board of simple construction in which the instruments are mounted directly on the board, without the necessity of providing a more or less complicated instrument panel separate from the instrument board. It is a further object of this invention to provide m a simplified device for so mounting the various instruments and one which has the appiearance of a separate instrument panel. ore specifically it is an ob'ect of my invention to provide a bezeLon t e face of the instrument board which aids in providing simplified means for holding the various instruments in place-and has the added'function of giving the illusion that the instrument board supports a separate instrument panel.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear inthe course of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a front view of my improved instrument board.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. a 30 Figure 3 is a section similar to Figure 2 but showing a modified device for holding the-in. struments in place. a

Figures 4, 5 and 6 show modificat'ons of the arraggement for fixing the bezel to the dashboar fitting snugly in its respective aperture. On

' the face of the dash-board and surrounding 50 I In the drawings, the numeral IOindicatestwo modifications 1 of the the dials is the metal beading or bezel 1'8.

1927. Serial 1T0.- 200,188.

This may course symmetricaL- At spaced intervals about the bezel 18' are arranged jthreaded studs 20.

Fitting over the instruments is a clamp or clamping strap 22,

through which the studs 20 extend, corre-,

sponding apertures being provided in the instrument board. Nuts 24 serve to fix the bezel 18 and clamp 22 in place on the instrument board as illustrated. Only two studs 20 of the length illustrated are necessary the more may be used. Additional threaded studs, only long enough to extend throu h the instrument board, may be provide as indi-- cated by the dotted lines at 21 "in Figure 1, for cooperation with'suitable nuts forholding the bezel in place.

In Figure 3 I'have illustrated instruments. which are fitted into their respective apertures from the front, being held against displacement rearward by means of flanges 26. The rear face with one or more threaded studs 28, over which an apertured bracing stra or clamp is placed and held thereon by one or more nuts 32. In this modification the studs 34 on the bezel are only long enough to extend-well through the panel as illustrated.

In Figure 4 I have shown the threaded stud as integral with the bezel and adapted to car the threaded fastening nut. In Figure 5 I ave illustrated a modification in which a threaded screw with a washer 42 is used for cooperating with a threaded opening in the bezel for holding the bezel in place. In Figure 6 I have illustrated the bezel as revi ed with a thickening lug 44 exten 'ng' in the dash-board. Over this'lu is placed a clamp 46. The structure is fixef in place by the screw 48. Any of the fastening devices illustrated or drive screws or self-tapping screws may be spaced at desired intervals about the bezel.

If desired, the space-19 of the dash-board within the bezel may be given a finish different from the rest of the dash-board, so that the resemblance to a se arate instrument panel may be more marked.

I claim: I I of 1. The ,combination of an. instrument through an aperture of each instrument is provided board, a plurality of instruments at the rear of the instrument board, a bezeldispose'd at the front of the board surrounding the instruments and defining an instrument panel, and common clamglin means for securing the instruments and t e zel to the panel.

2. In theicombination as defined in claim 1, said last named means comprising studs carried by the bezel and rojecting rearwardly throu hthe panel, a c ampingmember engaging t ere r face of the instruments, and means for adjustably securing the clamping member to saldstuds.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

DON 'E. KEENEY. 

